First Steps in Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Subtitle: A Book for Beginners (Dover Books on Egypt)
Edition: Facsimile edition
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: January 13, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780486430997
Subjects: Grammar & vocabulary; Language & Linguistics; History: World; Grammar; History; History - General History; Egyptian; Ancient Egypt; Readers; African Languages (See Also Swahili); Ancient - Egypt; History / Ancient / Egypt; Egyptian language; Writing, Hieroglyphic; African Languages
First sentence: THE first decipherer who succeeded in assigning correct values to any of the Egyptian picture signs or hieroglyphics was Dr. Thomas Young, who already in 1818 had given to six characters values which are accepted at the present time; the values of three others were correctly stated as far as the consonants are concerned.